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# sonia-blount - Tuesday 27 June, 2017
Eric Locke appealing life sentence for murdering Sonia Blount
The Dublin man used a fake Facebook profile to lure his ex-girlfriend to a hotel room.
# sonia-blount - Monday 29 May, 2017
'I saw her car, my heart dropped. I knew' : Father describes arriving at daughter's murder scene
Sonia Blount was murdered by her ex-boyfriend Eric Locke who used a fake Facebook profile to lure the 31-year-old to a city hotel.
# sonia-blount - Friday 26 May, 2017
'Sonia paid for an error of judgement with her life' - family of murder victim urge caution on social media
Sonia Blount was murdered by Eric Locke at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght, after being lured there by a fake Facebook profile, in 2014.
'Mammy had to go to heaven': Eric Locke sentenced to life in prison for murdering Sonia Blount
Locke was found guilty by a jury on Monday of murdering the mother-of-one, who was his ex-girlfriend.
# sonia-blount - Monday 22 May, 2017
Eric Locke found guilty of the murder of Sonia Blount
A jury took an hour and 33 minutes to deliver the verdict.
# sonia-blount - Friday 19 May, 2017
Prosecution says man who killed his ex 'well knew' what he was doing was wrong
Eric Locke is charged with murdering mother-of-one Sonia Blount in a room at the Plaza Hotel.
# sonia-blount - Thursday 18 May, 2017
Eric Locke motivated by 'retribution and revenge' in killing of ex-girlfriend in hotel room, court told
The 35-year-old admits killing Sonia Blount but denies murder..
# sonia-blount - Wednesday 17 May, 2017
Man accused of murdering ex-girlfriend 'had a problem with change', court hears
Eric Locke used used the fake Facebook profile to meet the woman.
# sonia-blount - Tuesday 16 May, 2017
'Element of planning' in how Eric Locke got into ex-girlfriend's hotel room
A court has heard that Locke brought a pellet gun, a Stanley knife and cable ties to frighten Sonia Blount.
# sonia-blount - Monday 15 May, 2017
Murder accused 'intended tying ex-girlfriend to chair and make her listen to his suffering', court hears
Eric Locke has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Sonia Blount on 16 February 2014, but admits causing her death.
# sonia-blount - Friday 12 May, 2017
'I just wanted to frighten her': Murder accused stared at ex in work and sent her a 'suicide text'
Eric Locke said he had just wanted to talk after Sonia Blount stopped all contact with him.
# sonia-blount - Thursday 11 May, 2017
Murder accused said ex-girlfriend was 'ripping him off' and tried to hack her Facebook page
A friend testified that Sonia Blount said Eric Locke was a “whackjob”.
# sonia-blount - Wednesday 10 May, 2017
Ex-boyfriend 'pleaded for another chance' before strangling woman in hotel room
The court evidence from a taxi driver who picked up Locke shortly after the death of Sonia Blount.
# sonia-blount - Tuesday 9 May, 2017
Fake gun, cable ties and duct tape found beside body of Sonia Blount in hotel room, court hears
Eric Locke has pleaded not guilty to murdering the mother of one at a hotel in Tallaght in 2013.
# sonia-blount - Monday 8 May, 2017
Ex-boyfriend created fake Facebook profile to lure woman to hotel where he strangled her, court hears
Eric Locke is charged with murdering Sonia Blount at a The Plaza Hotel in Tallaght in 2013.
# sonia-blount - Monday 9 November, 2015
Jury sworn-in for trial of man accused of murdering Sonia Blount
Eric Locke (33) of St Johns Park East, Clondalkin, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court.
# sonia-blount - Wednesday 19 February, 2014
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# sonia-blount - Tuesday 18 February, 2014
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# sonia-blount - Monday 17 February, 2014
Gardaí treating death of young mum in Tallaght hotel as murder
The details of the post-mortem on the body of Sonia Blount (31) are not being released.
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RTÉ News reports that the legislation will aim to change the law so that self-driving cars can legally be tested in Ireland on public roads.
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